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but him and his whitehouse aides are the continuity and it really is obama laying down the strategy. >> aaron sorkin, jeff daniels, emily mortimer and james mann when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: aaron sorkin is perhaps best known for his iconic television drama the west wing, it was 27 seasons and won emease. he won a script for the social network and nominated for another moneyball. he returns to television about challenges of reporting the news, called the news room. here is the trailer for the news room. >> this is news night. i'm beginning this newscast by apologizing to the american people for failure of this program during the time i've been in charge of it. what we failed is in the mystery. we took a dive for the tings. i'm quitting circuits and switching tes. i'm going with the guys who are getting creamed. >> welcome to news 92.0. this is the news show. >> they're very young out there. >> this is what you can be badly at. >> this is george's country. >> you thought the russians inv
but him and his whitehouse aides are the continuity and it really is obama laying down the strategy. >> aaron sorkin, jeff daniels, emily mortimer and james mann when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: aaron sorkin is perhaps best known for his iconic television drama the west wing, it was 27 seasons and won emease. he won a script for the social network and nominated for another moneyball. he...
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.>> ose: we called the obamians, the struggle inde the whitehouse to definemerican power. indatoas moreacly tailof foreignicy in the fit uple yes s stadminion. than grge bhorce beyond h. in otherords, just about everybody in the admintration changes at the top levels. thers almt no one othern hillary cln unr ama who were before. but m and his whitehous aides e thontinuy and itreally is obama ling down the strategy. >> aon sork, jf daniels, emilmoim andam when we continue.icatio from o studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: aaron sorkinis perhaps be own for his icic telision d the we wi, i was 27 seasons and w emease. won a script forhe social network and nominad for another moneall. he returns to television about challenges of repoing the news,alled t ne room. here is the trailer f the news om. >> this is news night i'm beginning ts newscast by apolizing to the aerican people for failure of th prograduringhe time i've been in char of what wfailede myer we tk a de for the ratings. i'm quittingircuits and i'm going with the guys who are getting creamed. >> wel
.>> ose: we called the obamians, the struggle inde the whitehouse to definemerican power. indatoas moreacly tailof foreignicy in the fit uple yes s stadminion. than grge bhorce beyond h. in otherords, just about everybody in the admintration changes at the top levels. thers almt no one othern hillary cln unr ama who were before. but m and his whitehous aides e thontinuy and itreally is obama ling down the strategy. >> aon sork, jf daniels, emilmoim andam when we continue.icatio from...
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whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. when you say: thank you very much -- mr. whitehouse: thank you very much, mr. president. 2 has become a sort of -- it has become a sort of personal tradition of mine to come to the floor each week to report on the status of our -- the dangers to our earth and to our climate from the relentless carbon pollution that we have to face. and this is a bellwether week. this is our first week back in session in the senate since our break last, and during that time, we have had a first and that is reports from the atmospheric measuring stations that the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere broke 400 parts per million. the "christian science monitor" has reported on this, stating, "monitoring stations across the arctic this spring are measuring more than 400 parts per million of the heat-trapping gas, carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. the number isn't quite a surprise because it's been rising at an accelerating pace. years ago it
whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. when you say: thank you very much -- mr. whitehouse: thank you very much, mr. president. 2 has become a sort of -- it has become a sort of personal tradition of mine to come to the floor each week to report on the status of our -- the dangers to our earth and to our climate from the relentless carbon pollution that we have to face. and this is a bellwether week. this is our first week back in session in the...
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whitehouse: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, the senate adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, june 26, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, that the first hour of debate be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half, and that the senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. further that at 2:15 p.m. there be six hours and 15 minutes of debate remaining postcloture on the motion to concur in the house message to accompany s. 3187, the f.d.a. bill, with two hours under the control of senator harkin, four hours under the control of senator burr and 15 minutes under the control of senator paul. the presiding officer: without objec
whitehouse: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, the senate adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, june 26, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, that the first hour of debate be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the republicans controlling the...
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apparently, there was some discord at the whitehouse, too. axelrod, of course, the political advisor for the president got into a fight with the attorney general eric holder that nearly became physical and yelled at him don't ever ever, accuse me of trying to interfere with the operations of the justice department. all right, let's talk to danny kliman, author of kill or capture. also a reporter for "newsweek" daily beast. daniel, great to have you on the program. all right. first off, let's start with the fight between axleelrod and holder. why did that fight take place in the first place. >> it is always some degree of tension between plan of carely the -- particularly the justice department and the white house. the justice department is supposed to stay out of politics. the white house is supposed to support the president's political situation. in this particular case, wid a white house. this is early in the administration, in may of 2009 that was focused like a laser beam trying to get healthcare past and didn't want to be distracted. mea
apparently, there was some discord at the whitehouse, too. axelrod, of course, the political advisor for the president got into a fight with the attorney general eric holder that nearly became physical and yelled at him don't ever ever, accuse me of trying to interfere with the operations of the justice department. all right, let's talk to danny kliman, author of kill or capture. also a reporter for "newsweek" daily beast. daniel, great to have you on the program. all right. first...
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whitehouse: thank you very much, madam president. we are -- one, two, three, four, five, six, including yourself, the senator from new york -- on the floor today on the majority time to discuss the jammed bipartisan senate highway bill. i just heard my wonderful colleague from georgia talk about how we're doing nothing and america is languishing. well, one of the things we're doing nothing on is passing a highway bill, which should not be complicated. but it is jammed up by the house republicans. as a result people in rhode island and elsewhere are suffering and i will be here throughout our majority period, and let me -- i think the distinguished senator from minnesota and new hampshire were here first, so let me yield to them first for a few moments each. ms. klobuchar: i first want to thank the senator from rhode island for his leadership in bringing us all together today. we have to get this transportation bill done. this is a bill that passed the united states senate with 74 votes, so we are here today to say to our colleagues o
whitehouse: thank you very much, madam president. we are -- one, two, three, four, five, six, including yourself, the senator from new york -- on the floor today on the majority time to discuss the jammed bipartisan senate highway bill. i just heard my wonderful colleague from georgia talk about how we're doing nothing and america is languishing. well, one of the things we're doing nothing on is passing a highway bill, which should not be complicated. but it is jammed up by the house...
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>> i know a lot of people at the whitehouse whitehouse. i don't work there any more. i am going to let them speak for themselves. i will tell you what i think. first of all, i think that probably most people find themselves somewhere in between obama and the media portrayal of occupy. in other words, most people i think, are glad that occupy existed. they think occupy raised all of the right issues but they are not willing to go out and get pepper strayed or sleep in the streets right now and most people, like this president, they are not in love with him. in between obama and occupy is a huge section of americans and those are people, i think, who have the right ideas about the economy. they know that you are going to have to -- that we didn't get into trouble as a country. we dept go bankrupt because we spent too much money on scholarships and helping grandma. we went bankrupt because of two things: bush's wars and bush's tax cuts. if you are concerned about the beaumont, if you are concerned about about, as they claim to be and they want to have a balance budget, n
>> i know a lot of people at the whitehouse whitehouse. i don't work there any more. i am going to let them speak for themselves. i will tell you what i think. first of all, i think that probably most people find themselves somewhere in between obama and the media portrayal of occupy. in other words, most people i think, are glad that occupy existed. they think occupy raised all of the right issues but they are not willing to go out and get pepper strayed or sleep in the streets right now...
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sheldon whitehouse read the same books, so we put this bill together. i couldn't be happier. could i not only not go home and say we did this good thing for the gulf of mexico and everyone came together and helped us in our time of need, but i could also look at our great friends from other parts of the country and say there is a portion in here for the oceans. so that's how the bill came to the floor, and one of my proudest days of my 16 years here in the senate was when this senate voted under the leadership of senator boxer and myself and senator shelby, voted for this bill, the restore act, with 76 votes. i don't think the transportation bill itself just got 76 votes. just to show you how difficult it is to get 76 votes. other than just, you know, immaterial items, it's hard to get 76 votes for apple pie and mother's day greetings. but we got 76 votes, and i was so proud. not only was it the right thing to do, a great help to the region that i help to represent, but also i thought very fair with the inclusion also of the land and water that was not part of restore but an
sheldon whitehouse read the same books, so we put this bill together. i couldn't be happier. could i not only not go home and say we did this good thing for the gulf of mexico and everyone came together and helped us in our time of need, but i could also look at our great friends from other parts of the country and say there is a portion in here for the oceans. so that's how the bill came to the floor, and one of my proudest days of my 16 years here in the senate was when this senate voted...
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charlie, that as an american citizen having been born in new york general hospital, i have my eye on the whitehouse, you know. >> rose: no, no. have you thought about it? >> have i thought about -- >> rose: yes. in other words, have you looked at david cameron and said in yourself when you looked in the mirror and said i could be david cameron, i could be that person. >> i think david cameron's doing a fantastic job. >> rose: you're in favor of austerity and everything that he and george os borne are doing. they say george osborne is not so keen about you getting that idea because he wants to succeed cameron. >> people should feel the top job is coveted and it's very important for the democracy that people should feel that. like it's a jammed jaw. >> rose: and compete for it because only because of the competition for it -- >> and will the country be best served. because it's only if you do have a ruthless process of elimination by thousands of people, which is an argument i make in this book. >> rose: i just want one last question. can you tell me whether you intend at any point to make a run for
charlie, that as an american citizen having been born in new york general hospital, i have my eye on the whitehouse, you know. >> rose: no, no. have you thought about it? >> have i thought about -- >> rose: yes. in other words, have you looked at david cameron and said in yourself when you looked in the mirror and said i could be david cameron, i could be that person. >> i think david cameron's doing a fantastic job. >> rose: you're in favor of austerity and...
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at the pulpit of the whitehouse castigating whatever the name of the company was, and forcing them to vote yes because it required unanimous concept or something like that. it angered me so much, it troubled me so much that you have that much engagement by the federal government by the president of the united states that i sold my chrysler which i actually liked and bought a ford which didn't get a bail out, pays taxes doesn't have security loss carry forwards, made a commitment to its union in a traditional way. didn't have the hyper activity and ford i think is deserving of more praise than general motors or chrysler. >> rose: because they went out and borrowed the money beforehand before the collapse became and they were in a good position when they did come. >> kudos for -- >> rose: -- pay back -- >> of course they do because in a bankruptcy the debt is totally reduced. not only that, we now learn that when, because of lower debt service and because of china and other places, gm is making money, great. i'm all for that. but they're not paying taxes. they have a tax loss carry forw
at the pulpit of the whitehouse castigating whatever the name of the company was, and forcing them to vote yes because it required unanimous concept or something like that. it angered me so much, it troubled me so much that you have that much engagement by the federal government by the president of the united states that i sold my chrysler which i actually liked and bought a ford which didn't get a bail out, pays taxes doesn't have security loss carry forwards, made a commitment to its union in...
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there are races where you can't -- senator whitehouse in rhode island won't have a lot of money spent against him because he's strong in a competitive state. but i don't believe being outspent means you lose. i think if you have enough, and we have had huge support on the internet, huge direct mail, and i have 51,000 people that have contributed to me. citizens united has, in one case, 17 people have given $50 million to citizens united. i mean, that's the contrast here. but if you have enough, even if you're outspent two or three or four to one, you can win. i don't know if you can win if you're outspent eight to one, but if you do what you need to do -- that's why we're always build this grassroots effort. and at the same time, as we're running, we're building the effort on citizens united to fight back -- my wife says it sounds like carnival barking, but my website, sherrodbrown.com, we've got 150,000 people, some of them, many of them from this show who have come and signed up in our citizens united petition. other progressive senators are doing the same to build this grassroots e
there are races where you can't -- senator whitehouse in rhode island won't have a lot of money spent against him because he's strong in a competitive state. but i don't believe being outspent means you lose. i think if you have enough, and we have had huge support on the internet, huge direct mail, and i have 51,000 people that have contributed to me. citizens united has, in one case, 17 people have given $50 million to citizens united. i mean, that's the contrast here. but if you have enough,...
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held a little brief news conference, made a statement, took some questions in the briefing room at the whitehouse where he made a statement that mitt romney immediately jumped on. this is what the president said about the economy: >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year along. the private sector is doing fine. that was -- that was immediately leaped on by mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the oval office president obama clarified his remark: >> it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine. >> that's the reason i had the press conference. >> now, what was the president saying? i will tell you what he was saying. he was telling the truth for one thing. it is true. compared -- what he was saying is, compared to the public sector, the private sector is doing fine. 44.3 million new jobs in the private sector. 27 months straight of new job garote, positive job growth in the private sector. last month, there were only 69,000 new jobs created but those were jobs created in the private sector. at t
held a little brief news conference, made a statement, took some questions in the briefing room at the whitehouse where he made a statement that mitt romney immediately jumped on. this is what the president said about the economy: >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year along. the private sector is doing fine. that was -- that was immediately leaped on by mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the...
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whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, let me first thank the distinguished senator from illinois for his determined efforts and my senior colleague in this body, senator jack reed, for his determined efforts to try to get to a resolution that will prevent the student loan interest rates from doubling. i'm here today to speak about another problem in which something very important to ordinary americans is also being jammed up as a result of obstruction and intransigence. and in my case it is the highway bill. we had a march 31 deadline, the house and the senate, to get a highway bill done. the national did its job. we -- the senate did its job. the house did not do its job. they failed to get a highway bill done. let me point out that we've been doing highway bills in congress back since the eisenhower administration, and this is not rocket science. so it is telling that the body at the other end of this building could not get a highway and bridge bill done by the march 31 deadline. so what did
whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, let me first thank the distinguished senator from illinois for his determined efforts and my senior colleague in this body, senator jack reed, for his determined efforts to try to get to a resolution that will prevent the student loan interest rates from doubling. i'm here today to speak about another problem in which something very important to ordinary americans is also being...
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president obama is giving a little -- getting a little late start at the whitehouse. he won't get to the presidential daily briefing until noon. i hope he gets to sleep in a little bit or work out relax a little bit. then he has a private lunch in the private dining room with the crowned prince for abu dabai, mohammad binzayed. he will attend a campaign event at the jefferson hotel at 16th street in washington, d.c. tonight, welcoming members of congress, republicans and democrats to the white house south lawn. is it should be a beautiful night for the annual congressional picnic. jay carney back in the briefing schedule today will have a briefing today at 12:30. i will be there rep 'senting all of you. joe williams coming up next. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> hey, good morning, everybody. it's wednesday june 27th. good to see you today. welcome to the full-court press. your new morning show on current tv, the online progressive morning show anywhere on cable t.v. in this entire country. we have a lot to talk about this morning, very exci
president obama is giving a little -- getting a little late start at the whitehouse. he won't get to the presidential daily briefing until noon. i hope he gets to sleep in a little bit or work out relax a little bit. then he has a private lunch in the private dining room with the crowned prince for abu dabai, mohammad binzayed. he will attend a campaign event at the jefferson hotel at 16th street in washington, d.c. tonight, welcoming members of congress, republicans and democrats to the white...
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whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, before i embark on my own remarks, let me say how pleased i am to have the chance to follow the senator from illinois. i have had the chance, madam president, to preside in the senate as you are doing now on several occasions and to be present on the senate floor on other occasions when senator durbin has come to the floor to speak about the dream act and his passion for the opportunity that it provides to young people who are here in this country through no fault of their own, who know no other home in the world and who will one day be great americans, people that will be leaders and performers and experts and scientists and really provide great value to our country. i'm delighted that he is doing it again. his persistence matches his passion, and finally with the president's decision the other day, it's beginning to reap some rewards, and i hope more to come in the future, and i congratulate the senator from illinois. my remarks -- and i'd like to ask un
whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, before i embark on my own remarks, let me say how pleased i am to have the chance to follow the senator from illinois. i have had the chance, madam president, to preside in the senate as you are doing now on several occasions and to be present on the senate floor on other occasions when senator durbin has come to the floor to speak about the dream act and his passion for the...
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>> i was in a briefing about a week or so ago at the whitehouse where they sort of generally said they thought a lot of the bill would survive without the mandate. the question is: what happens to states that have already started to put some of these practices into place? what is amazing is that the republicans are attacking the mandate, first of all, because it's their idea. this is their idea. healthcare reform 10 years ago was a mandate. >> a cost containment measure. >> they are for it before obama was for it. >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> lost their idea. and said we better come up with something else. >> it was sold by the insurance companibs companies and the heritage foundation as a cost containment measure. >> this is the cost that con conservative movement has and if you wanted to control costs which everybody recognizes you have to control healthcare cost if you have any hope of controlling the budget, this is one of the ways to do that. >> your maintainer point is that they say that the substance of the law survives even without the individual mandate? >> yeah. i think the num
>> i was in a briefing about a week or so ago at the whitehouse where they sort of generally said they thought a lot of the bill would survive without the mandate. the question is: what happens to states that have already started to put some of these practices into place? what is amazing is that the republicans are attacking the mandate, first of all, because it's their idea. this is their idea. healthcare reform 10 years ago was a mandate. >> a cost containment measure. >>...
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. >> bill, a marriage proposal at the whitehouse. friday's lgbt pride month reception, a trans gendered man dropped on one knee and asked his partner to marry him pities. scout is his name legally goes by one name. he had planned for almost a year to pop the question to lynn lynn margolie. the marriage will be a legal heterosexual marriage since scout is legally recognized as a male. in the east room. >> i don't know, man. >> that's a busy day at the whitehouse on friday. right? >> the president had time to head out for will you know in d c. this time with people who had entered another one of those contests for a chance to have lunch. they went to link-in restaurant. >> yeah. >> the hitll he ate an all-natural burger with which he hadder cheese, kale salad. >> it's healthier, small plates. >> sweet tea. >> sweet tea. >> that's not health. >> that's not health. >> the international olympic committee has opened an investigation into ticket sales for the london games after the sunday times newspaper reported tracts showing up on the bl
. >> bill, a marriage proposal at the whitehouse. friday's lgbt pride month reception, a trans gendered man dropped on one knee and asked his partner to marry him pities. scout is his name legally goes by one name. he had planned for almost a year to pop the question to lynn lynn margolie. the marriage will be a legal heterosexual marriage since scout is legally recognized as a male. in the east room. >> i don't know, man. >> that's a busy day at the whitehouse on friday....
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whitehouse: may i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: we are wise in this chamber to reflect with reverence and gratitude on those who risked their lives fighting to establish this great republic. today i would like to recognize and celebrate the 240th anniversary of one of the earliest acts of defiance against the british crown in our american struggle for independence. most americans remember the boston tea party as one of the major events building up to the american revolution. i see the pages in front of me looking -- nodding knowledgeably, yes, i do know about that boston tea party. we learned that story of the spirited bostonnians, literally spirited bostonnians, i'm told, clambering onto the decks of the east india company ships and dumping tea into boston harbor to protest british taxation without representation. however, there is a milestone on the path to the revolutionary
whitehouse: may i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: we are wise in this chamber to reflect with reverence and gratitude on those who risked their lives fighting to establish this great republic. today i would like to recognize and celebrate the 240th anniversary of one of the earliest acts of defiance against the british crown in...
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safety and innovation act signed by 17 senators as followed, reid of nevada, harkin, whitehouse, conrad, reed of rhode island, coons, begich, kerry, schumer, mikulski, cardin, menendez, lieberman, landrieu, blumenthal, murray, carper. mr. reid: i move to concur in the house amendment to s. 3187 with an amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada mr. reid moves to concur in the house amendment to s. 3187 with an amendment numbered 2461. mr. reid: on that i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: you now have a second-degree amendment at the desk i wish to be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: is noter from nevada, mr. reid, proposes an anytime numbered 2462 to amendment number 2461. mr. reid: i have a motion to refer to the house -- i have a motion, mr. president, to refer to the house message to the health, education, labor, and pensions committee with instructions to report back forthwit
safety and innovation act signed by 17 senators as followed, reid of nevada, harkin, whitehouse, conrad, reed of rhode island, coons, begich, kerry, schumer, mikulski, cardin, menendez, lieberman, landrieu, blumenthal, murray, carper. mr. reid: i move to concur in the house amendment to s. 3187 with an amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada mr. reid moves to concur in the house amendment to s. 3187 with an amendment numbered 2461. mr. reid:...
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you know, i thought it was actually really cool the way in which jay carney did that yesterday at the whitehouse press briefing, jay carney up of course white house spokesperson when he had henry from fox news was badgering again and again about this atf, about fast and furious, you know, saying where are the documents? where are the documents? when is eric holder going to cooperate? badge badgering jay carney and, you know basically carney called him out. he goes, you know, well, as you would know because with your channel, that is to spend enormous times focused on this you would know better than anyone else how cooperative, in fact the attorney general, eric holder has been. it's the moments of accountability, the same kind of thing you are talking about doing that i would love to see more of. you know, i think that whether it is in a white house press briefing or when progressives go on fox news, you know, being willing to talk about their coverage and hold them accountable for it and to, you know, keep in mind, say, sure let's have a conversation. i will go on your show, but if i do, we are
you know, i thought it was actually really cool the way in which jay carney did that yesterday at the whitehouse press briefing, jay carney up of course white house spokesperson when he had henry from fox news was badgering again and again about this atf, about fast and furious, you know, saying where are the documents? where are the documents? when is eric holder going to cooperate? badge badgering jay carney and, you know basically carney called him out. he goes, you know, well, as you would...
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bipartisan support for an amendment i introduced along with congressman hal rogers in kentucky and senator whitehouse. there is a prescription drug abuse problem throughout the country but in ohio we've been hit hard by this and one of the issues i had found in going to a town hall in southern ohio was the fact the state prescription drug monitoring programs couldn't communicate and operate across state lines. this town hall i did with director gil gorlakowski, the director kindly came to important smith, ohio in july, 2011, in southern ohio, an area that's been a center of prescription drug abuse and interstate drug trafficking, right across the river from kentucky and near west virginia, so it's an interstate area. prescription drug abuse has devastated the county in which portsmouth sits, as well as other counties in the area. because of the hard work of the community leaders and federal and state law enforcement there has been some momentum. we're beginning to turn things arou -- around, pill shops are being closed. one critical tool they told me they needed was prescription drug monitoring progr
bipartisan support for an amendment i introduced along with congressman hal rogers in kentucky and senator whitehouse. there is a prescription drug abuse problem throughout the country but in ohio we've been hit hard by this and one of the issues i had found in going to a town hall in southern ohio was the fact the state prescription drug monitoring programs couldn't communicate and operate across state lines. this town hall i did with director gil gorlakowski, the director kindly came to...
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last night we had senator whitehouse here from rhode island, and he was eloquent on the point. he had a picture, it was actually a norman rockwell painting, it wasn't a real painting, it was a wonderful poster, and he said here's a perfectly -- perfect american scene of a grandpa taking a grandson fishing. he says today in his state they can't really eat the fish. maybe they can once a month eat won fish -- one fish and in some of their lakes they can't even eat any. this is wrong. this is pollution blowing from other places into the northeast. let's defeat this resolution. it's bad for the people of this country. i yield the floor and retain the balance of my time. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: i would reword the question, who do you trust most, elected senators or unelected bureaucrats? i yield three minutes to the senator from kentucky. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: you know, the question is is solution getting better or worse? from all the hiss hysteria, woud you think pollution is getting so much worse. all meas
last night we had senator whitehouse here from rhode island, and he was eloquent on the point. he had a picture, it was actually a norman rockwell painting, it wasn't a real painting, it was a wonderful poster, and he said here's a perfectly -- perfect american scene of a grandpa taking a grandson fishing. he says today in his state they can't really eat the fish. maybe they can once a month eat won fish -- one fish and in some of their lakes they can't even eat any. this is wrong. this is...
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i want to tell you, also, about a good time at the whitehouse yesterday. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ we're the idea nobody wants to hear. until the truth reveals itself. and there's only one place you'll find us. on the next gavin newsom show: google's sergey brin and anne wojcicki give gavin a hands on look at google's glasses. >>that's facinating. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> listen and watch the bill press show on your favorite radio station and now on current tv. this is the bill press show. welcome to the pin room. >> hey, 11 minutes before the top. hour. happy friday june 1st. pardon me while i take -- >> that full of energy drink. >> i take another sip from my bubba keg this morning here i didn't, indeed, we will tell you about the big unveiling at the whitehouse yesterday but first, jumping into the spin room mitt romney goes all the way up to california yesterday to stand in front of the abandoned solendra plant, the abandoned manufacturers who got a clone from the stimulus, from the energy department and they went belly up when china undercut the price of solar panels. p
i want to tell you, also, about a good time at the whitehouse yesterday. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ we're the idea nobody wants to hear. until the truth reveals itself. and there's only one place you'll find us. on the next gavin newsom show: google's sergey brin and anne wojcicki give gavin a hands on look at google's glasses. >>that's facinating. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> listen and watch the bill press show on your favorite radio station and now on current tv....
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and at 12:30 this afternoon, jay carney will have this briefing at the whitehouse. we will be there. we will tell you all about it tomorrow. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] hey, hello everybody. it is monday june 4th. good to see you today. hope you had a great weekend, ready to tackle the beginning of the week here and the gig stories this monday. >> that's what we do on the full-court press, your new morning show on current tv bringing you the story, the big stories of the day and take your calls at 866-55866-55 press. are you thirsty for a nice, big, cool soft drink? don't go to new york city. mayor bloomberg said he is going to ban the sale of soft drinks over 16 ounces. what i want to know is: what the difference between buying one 32 ounce drink which you can't, or two 16-ounce drinks, which you can. i can't i don't get it. we will talk about that and more here in this next hour together. first, we go out to los angeles, say hello to jacki schechner today's currents news update. hello, jacki. >> hello, bill. good morning everyone. if th
and at 12:30 this afternoon, jay carney will have this briefing at the whitehouse. we will be there. we will tell you all about it tomorrow. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] hey, hello everybody. it is monday june 4th. good to see you today. hope you had a great weekend, ready to tackle the beginning of the week here and the gig stories this monday. >> that's what we do on the full-court press, your new morning show on current tv bringing you the story, the...